Pat Hoberg
Hoberg in 2014
Born: (1986-09-11) September 11, 1986
Des Moines, Iowa, U.S.
MLB debut
March 31, 2014
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Crew members
Career highlights and awards
Special Assignments

Patrick Hoberg (born September 11, 1986) is an American Major League Baseball (MLB) umpire.

Career

A native of Des Moines, Iowa, Hoberg graduated from Urbandale High School and Grand View University.[1]

Hoberg made his Major League debut in 2014, and was one of four umpires promoted to the full-time staff in February 2017, upon the retirements of Bob Davidson, John Hirschbeck, Jim Joyce, and Tim Welke.[2]

For the 2018 regular season he was found to be a Top 10 performing home plate umpire in terms of accuracy in calling balls and strikes. His error rate was 7.93 percent. This was based on a study conducted at Boston University where 372,442 pitches were culled and analyzed.[3]

On October 29, 2022, during Game 2 of the 2022 World Series, Hoberg called a "perfect game" with 129 of 129 taken pitches called correctly. Hoberg received widespread praise from both fans and commentators of baseball.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Birch, Tommy (April 5, 2014). "Sunday Stretch: Urbandale umpire Hoberg gets MLB break". Des Moines Register. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Four longtime MLB umpires set to retire". USA Today. Associated Press. February 22, 2017. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
  3. ↑ "MLB Umpires Missed 34,294 Ball-Strike Calls in 2018. Bring on Robo-umps?". BU Today. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
  4. ↑ Weisman, Max (2022-10-30). "MLB umpire Pat Hoberg praised for calling 'perfect game' in World Series". New York Post. Retrieved 2022-10-30.


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